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msh210♦Sep 14 '11 at 19:40

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Rabbi Levi Cash, welcome to Judaism.SE, and thanks very much for what promises to be an interesting question! Could you please flesh out your question a bit more, in terms of references about the historical situation and in terms of the issues you think should have come up?
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Isaac MosesSep 14 '11 at 19:41

I think you need to start a bounty on this one already
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ImrayJan 20 '13 at 3:01

I see two ways to read this question. One is that Charlemagne is an example of the opportunity, but the question isn't limited to that opportunity at that time, but rather what halachic issues would impact any other opportunity of the same type. The other is looking for Halachic material specifically about that place and time. Existing answers have been confused by this. Can you clarify the question one way or another? [I'm skeptical that enough survived from that time to answer the latter question, though].
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YishaiJun 18 '14 at 20:39

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It is forbidden to derive pleasure/benefit from wine that a non-Jew touched since we suspect that it may have been used in an idolatrous ceremony (not so much the case nowadays, but we maintain the issur.

We learn from the Rema (Yoreh Daiah 123:1) that one cannot give wine, which can become an assar behana'ah, to a non-Jew as a gift, since the gift generates goodwill and thus benefit is derived.
I think it's fair to apply the same logic to selling wine to a non-Jew which generates profit, or at least revenue.

The Rema is only talking about wine that has already been touched by the non-Jew. The question could be asking about wine which hasn't yet been touched by a non-Jew. Moreover, do you have any evidence any of this was written in response to Charlemagne?
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Double AA♦Nov 5 '12 at 20:06

No, why does it specifically have to do with the Jews under Charlemagne? The Rema held that any benefit from something that is assur behana'ah is assur. Regarding whether the wine he was talking about was already touched - you could be correct.
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ImrayNov 5 '12 at 22:12

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Re "why does it specifically have to do with the Jews under Charlemagne?": because the question sought "halachic responses to these opportunities [under Charlemagne and the Carolingian emperors]".
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msh210♦Nov 6 '12 at 6:40